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KINetics
06-07-2006, 08:26 PM
I did a search and couldn't find anything so pardon if this is a repost, and I don't know if there is any differnce between the official release and 4.2 Beta that we've been using.

The latest version of ActiveSync has been released by Microsoft. Here are some of the features/improvements as listed on the Microsoft AS link:

Changes in ActiveSync 4.2 help resolve connectivity related issues with Microsoft Outlook, proxies, partnerships, and connectivity.

- Microsoft Outlook Improvements: Resolves issues relating to error code 85010014.

- Proxy/DTPT interaction Improvements: Improved auto configuration of device Connection Manager settings when desktop has no proxy path to the internet.

- Improved Desktop Pass Thru behavior with ISA proxy failures.

- Partnership improvements: Better resolution of multiple devices with the same name syncing with the same desktop.

- Connectivity Improvements: Better handling of VPN clients (resolve unbinding of protocols from our RNDIS adapter). New auto detection of connectivity failure with user diagnostic alerts.

ActiveSync 4.2 supports PC sync via USB cable, Bluetooth, or infrared connection.

AS 4.2 can be downloaded from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7269173a-28bf-4cac-a682-58d3233efb4c&DisplayLang=en

matchtrader
06-07-2006, 09:38 PM
Any idea as to whether the offial release contains improvements over the beta?

mattucd
06-07-2006, 09:41 PM
Cool, thanks for the heads up!

mosgeo
06-07-2006, 10:46 PM
...as, like many of us here, I love to try new stuff for my Wizard BUT my old AS works perfectly and if it ain't broke... :wink: Will wait to see if there are any glowing reports before I take the plunge. Cheers for the heads up though.

mlts22
13-07-2006, 08:30 AM
I just bought a MDA today, have ActiveSync 4.2 already installed (the CD that T-Mobile USA gives you appears to have a build of ActiveSync 4.1, Outlook 2002, and one app I have no clue what it does, so I didn't bother installing anything from that CD), plugged the MDA in, and it did its stuff.

Hopefully I won't have any major bugs. *knocks on wood*